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Welcome back to school everybody! It was great to see so many eager and enthusiastic children back in school today! We look forward to another action-packed, fun-filled term ahead! #ActiveLearning #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity [foogallery...

Finishing off the term with a well deserved hot chocolate and movie after all the hard work done this year! Maith sibh a pháistí agus Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir. Thank you so much to everyone for all your help and support throughout 2019! We hope you have a safe and...

⭐️📓We were so lucky today to have children’s book specialist and blogger Mary Esther Judy stop by to visit us! We absolutely loved the Christmas stories she read to us! Thank you so much Mary! We are a very lucky school! #MagicInTheAir...

Rinneamar cácaí Nollag sa rang Ghaeilge inné!! Yum yum!! #SantaHats #CrossCurricular #LanguageDevelopment #LearningIsFun #HandOnLearning

Junior and Senior Infants took a stroll to the Christmas Market Galway with their buddies from 5th and 6th Class this afternoon! The perks of being in a City Centre school! #WalkingDistance #ChristmasStrolls #GalwayCityCentre

On Thursday next we will be having a Christmas jumper day in aid of Galway Sick Kids Foundation, to help refurbish the bathroom in the Paediatric Unit in UCHG. We encourage all of you (including family and friends) to wear a Christmas jumper (or anything Christmassy!)...

Words cannot describe the performance that took place in St. Nicholas’ Church this morning. The children were simply amazing! Thank you so much to everyone for giving of their time to support our school and its pupils...without your support events like this would not...

Only THREE more sleeps until the children perform their amazingly special Nativity & Carol Service 2019! We look forward to welcoming friends & family, past pupils & members of our local community – please pass on the word as this is a very special...

🎶🎹🎅 A massive Thank You to everyone that voted for Niall Teague and The St. Nicholas' Parochial Singers in this year's Hard Rock Cafe Christmas FM contest!! We are so excited to announce that Niall's song (Santa Claus) was this year's winner!!...

😍 PLEASE SHARE 😍 VOTING IS NOW OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH. We are so delighted to announce that the Christmas song, written by one of our parents (Musician, Niall Teague), and recorded with the the backing vocals of our very own pupils, has been...

How lucky are we to have a real baby in our Nativity Play! The baby came to visit today and joined in our Carol singing! Well done to all the children who took such good care of the baby and for singing their hearts out for this very important visitor! Our Nativity...

The winner of the Message in a Bottle Recycle Competition in the Galway Shopping Centre was a pupil from our school who won an Apple Ipad Air for himself and €1000 for our school!! Happy Days!!! #Reduce #Reuse #Recycle

5th and 6th class have been busy practicing debating and will be taking part in the Sr. Mary de Lourdes Fahy Cup Competition in January. As part of our preparations Margaret came to visit us on Friday and she commented on what a lovely bunch of talented students we...

This is an FYI from our favourite book expert, blogger and storyteller, Mary Esther Judy! It’s BookElves time again! The BookElves2019 will be launching their annual campaign of recommending books for kids of all ages on Friday, 29 November during the Late Late Toy...

5th and 6th class have started working on Christmas art! Stunning work….the pictures say it all! #ChristmasIsComing #ArtistsAtWork #Masterpieces  

After lots of work on angles and lines, First and Second Class finally got around to painting their masterpieces today (inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian!). #WorksOfArt  #AnglesAndLines #PrimaryColours #CrossCurricular

Our annual Christmas Carol Service is fast approaching! The children are doing amazing work in preparation for this special day! We hope to see you all in St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church at 11am on Friday December 13th for this very special occasion....

Wow! Some brilliant action shots from 5th and 6th today! Great soccer skills on display in their session with Henry. Maith sibh a pháistí! #ActiveSchool #IndoorSoccer #TeamSports